Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-11
London Theatre Horror.

The hall in Princess street; Spital-
fields. London, where the fatal panic
recently occurred resembled disor-
dered auction room. Broken furniture,
crushed toys, children's hats, broken
bottles, orange peel, actors wigs ard
shreds OF clothes lay scattered o. er
the floor There were many blood
spots on the backs of chairs, as vel!
as on the floor. Every here and there
chastity knots ofhair were elinging to
the furniture. Several escapes were
made through the windows. most OF
which are badly smashed. The ladies
were found at the bottom OF
the stone stairs leading to the
gallery Here terrible struggle
took place between the front OF the
crowd rushing from the main floor and
the leaders OF the throns which rushed
down the gallery stairs. The dead
lay mostly in opposing rows, the feet
of each row close to those of the other,
one row OF heads lying toward the
gallery stairway, the other toward
the opposite side OF the hall. The
faces OF the dead were distorted with
ngonized expressions. The clothes
were completely torn from the bodies
OF some of the victims. 4 little girl,
since identified as Eva Marks, was
found lying at the bottom OF pile OF
dead Her lower limbs were bare and
the upper part OF her dress was tora
to shreds, showing that she had
fought hard for life. Isaac Levy, a
venerable Hebrew with long white
flowing hair and beard, was found
among the dead. He and his
wife were regular attendants at
the performances which had been
,iven i'll the hall They always sat
near the door. 1t is thought from the
position in which his body was found
that Mr.. Levy, instead of fleeing alone
when the panic started, renamed 10
help and protect his wife. SO the old
man was brushed down by the rushing
crowd and stamped to death His
wiie's body lay opposite. The woman
was in the prime of lie, aud wore
briehtlv-coIored clothes and quanti-
ties OF jewelry. Beside her lay a little
boy whose knicker bockers and stock
ings were torn to shreds.
A man named Thomas COLDER.
says be went to the gallery 9th hall,
accompanied by his wife and family.
They all sat together. The play was q
melodrama called 1.-The Spanish Clip
sy glrlr During the performances some
bows. in order o obtain better view OF
the stage. climbed up an exposed gas
pipe fixed along he wall. This strained
the pipe and started a leak. Mr..
Goldberg placed his handkerchief over
the leak and some one shouted turn
off the meter" This shout was raised
simultaneously With cry of alarm
from one OF the actors on the stage.
Then the people in the gallery rose
and rushed headlong down the stairs.
Mr., Goldberg's wife was torn away
from him and trampled TO death. His
sixtt en-year-old son jumped upon the
heads OF the packed mass, and eScap-
ed by running over them. The mana
GERS are not to blame for the disaster.
The passage from the hall TO the
street entrance is ten feet wide where
the struggle occurred. and the doors
swung both ways. There are several
minor exits from the callery-three
beside the staircase. The disaster
arose. not from the crowding OF the
passage, but from the frantic efforts
of the people in the gallery to force
their way down the crowded stars.
The men an women in front were driven
headlorg INFO the passage, where they
met the excited occupants of the pit,
and there was hopeless block.